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Community Lab School presents project‑based expansion, lottery admissions and IB capstone to Albemarle school board
Summary
Community Lab School leaders briefed the board on their project‑based, interdisciplinary model, recent expansion to grades 9–10, International Baccalaureate capstone, admissions lottery process and plans to pilot mastery transcript features.
Community Lab School leaders presented a detailed update to the Albemarle County School Board on May 20 outlining their project‑based instructional model, admissions process and curriculum developments across grades 6–12.
Principal Chad Ratliff and staff described the school’s five instructional principles—project‑based learning, interdisciplinary units, standards‑based grading, multi‑age classrooms and collective leadership—and explained how those components operate together across middle and high school cohorts. School leaders said sixth through eighth graders use an advisory, extended morning project blocks, self‑paced math, and electives;…
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